Hirst
Proper noun
Meaning
A surname.
A suburban area and council ward in Ashington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2887).
A hamlet in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8663).
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If I go to London, everyone wants to talk about Damien Hirst. I'm just not interested in him. Never have been.
When art is defined by Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons, you've got a society that's impoverished.
I have a Damien Hirst spot painting which I love. It has pride of place over my dining-room table.
Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.
I always feel a bit trapped when a painting goes for millions of pounds and only one person can have it. If you can have that as well as a poster on every student's wall, then you're in a very enviable position. I'd like to do a Damien Hirst for £500 at some point.
Damien Hirst is the Elvis of the English art world, its ayatollah, deliverer, and big-thinking entrepreneurial potty-mouthed prophet and front man. Hirst synthesizes punk, Pop Art, Jeff Koons, Marcel Duchamp, Francis Bacon, and Catholicism.